By Ashley Newport, Lead Editor at INsauga.com Published January 20, 2026 at 4:22 pm     While health care can be–and is–delivered privately, publicly or through a two-tier system that utilizes both models, a recent poll of INsauga.com ’s readers suggests that, despite challenges with Canada’s universal health care system, people aren’t ready to embrace private options.   According to an informal online poll, 65 per cent of voters said they would not support more private healt

Watchdog Shelley Spence diagnosed a lack of effort to crack down on an estimated $1 billion in potential overcharges by physicians — including 59 who billed for more than 24 hours in a day.   Dec. 2, 2025 By Rob Ferguson Queen’s Park Bureau, and Robert Benzie Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Ontario’s auditor general Shelley Spence speaks to media following the release of her annual report at the Ontario legislature in Toronto, on Dec. 2, 2025. Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press   Premi

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